Friday - May 3, 2024
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Missouri Newsletter for Tuesday March 19, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Association of Health Care Journalists: All Ears - What to Know About Ambient Clinical Listening
COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 19 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: Some patients may notice a new trend at their medical appointments: a request to have a phone app or computer program record their conversation with their doctor. Ambient clinical voice, or ambient listening, is an artificial intelligence-driven tool that transforms a conversation between a provider and patient into a clinical note that can be added to electronic health records. It's intended   more

Free Press: Murthy Vs. Missouri Ruling Could Allow Social-Media Platforms to Leave Up Misinformation and Violence If Supreme Court Finds That Government Communications Violate First Amendment
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Free Press, an advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Murthy v. Missouri, a case determining whether any limits should be placed on the federal government's ability to communicate with social-media companies to combat misinformation. The case arose out of the Biden administration's efforts to call on social-media platforms to re  more

Heritage Expert Reacts to Social Media Censorship Case
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Murthy v. Missouri, a case concerning the government's ability to instruct social media companies to censor certain content on their platforms. * * * Daniel Cochrane, senior research associate in the Tech Policy Center at The Heritage Foundation, issued the following statement after the conclusion of today's arguments: "Today's argume  more

Missouri Commissioner Maida Coleman Appointed as Chair of the NARUC Select Committee on Regulatory and Industry Diversity
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners issued the following news release: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President Julie Fedorchak has appointed Commissioner Maida Coleman, of the Missouri Public Service Commission, as the new chairman of the Select Committee on Regulatory and Industry Diversity. She succeeds Virginia State Corporation Commission Judge Jehmal Hudson, who now chairs the NARUC Committee on Energy Resources an  more

NetChoice Hopes to See Supreme Court Protect First Amendment in Government Coercion Case
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations, eCommerce businesses and online consumers, all of whom share the goal of promoting convenience, choice and commerce on the Net, issued the following news on March 18, 2024: * * * By Robert Winterton, Director of Public Affairs Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a high-profile case related to government coercion on social media, Murthy v. Missouri. Murthy, formerly called Missouri v. Biden, is a lawsu  more